Necktie



(Non/roam.) G. W. CLARK.

NEGKTIE.

Patented Novgl'z, 18495'.

WlTNESSES:

ANDREW IJIAIMWHIMOAWISHINGIDLRC. 4

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,`

GEORGE W. CLARK, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NICHOLAS J.BISI-IOPRIOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,628, dated November12, 1895. Application filed February 13, 1895. Serial No. 538,281. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. CLARK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Bayonne, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of whichthe following is a specification.

In the use of necktiesof various kinds there ismuch waste, due to thefact that the com paratively small exposed portion of the tie is soondiscolored or is worn by contact with the chin or by the repeatedinsertion of the scarfpin. These ties commonly consist of a narrow bandadapted to be passed around the collar and formed in one piece with theband and another portion with which the knot is formed and whichconstitutes the exposed and ornamental portion of the tie. The part ofthis tie portion upon which the wear comes is that immediatelycontiguous to the band, leaving the other end of the tie portion in aperfectly new condition at a time when the necktie as a whole becomesuseless and must be thrown away. The tie being also often ofconsiderable vlength it must becut from large pieces of material. j

It is the object of my invention to double the period of usefulness ofneckties by enabling different ends ofthe tie portion to be utilized,and I accomplish this by making the band and tie proper separate andreadily detachable and by adapting either end of the tie portion to loeconnected with the band and thus brought into such position that it mayserve to vform the knot without impairing the transverse iiexibility andknotting capacity of the tie. j Such being the general nature of myinvention, it consists in the parts and combinations thereof hereinafterset forth and claimed.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood, I have shown inthe accompanying drawings means for carrying it into practical effectwithout limiting my improvements in their useful applications to theparticular construction which for the sake of illustration I havedelineated.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a four-in-hand necktieembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the body or tieportion reversed. Fig.l 3 is a front view of a tie knotted to concealthe fastening clasp orhooks. Fig. is aviewshowing, onalarger scale, thefastening means.

' to be united with each other.

Referring to the drawings, 2 and 3 are re- 55 ward their ends, and theends of both parts being made of equal width, so as to be adapted 6oThese partsn are lined and finished in the usual manner, the tie portionbeing iinished at both ends. The band portion 2 may also be finished ateach end, so that both ends of it may be successively utilized in themiddle portion of the necktie.

Various forms of fastening devices may be employed to connect the parts2 and 3 of the necktie.

The parts of the clasp or other fastening means may be of brass,nickel-plated, or other material, and fixed on the parts of the necktieby impaling points or hooks 8.

I employ a plurality of separate fastening devices, as seen on a largerscale in Fig. 4, so as to give to the necktie a lateral flexibility.

When one end of the part 3 is worn, as shown at 9 in Fig. l, it may beunhooked from the band and turned end for end, Fig. 2, and reattached tothe band, after which the tie will continue to present a new appearance,the worn portion- 9 being concealed in the vest of the wearer.

When the four-in-hand tie is knotted to conceal the joint, the fastenersbeing in a series and spaced apart will close up against or over eachother, as seen in Fig. 3, thus giving to the tie transverse flexibilityat the joint and enabling it to be knotted to conceal the joint andpresent a natural appearance.

I claim@ A four-in-hand necktie consisting of a band, a separate tie orbody portion, and a series of fasteners joining the two parts end ltoend whereby the parts of the tie may be reversed, the said fastenersbeing spaced apart, whereby the tie is transversely flexible at thejoint, and may be knotted to conceal the joint, substantially as setforth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twowitnesses.

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Witnesses H. N. Low, E. L. TODD.

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